Our friend will remain anonymous. eric. ----------------------------------------------------------------
Re your posting on GoaNet.............. For several years in my vaddo of , i roamed the streets picking up litter, mostly paper and plastic packaging flung from buses, and empty bottles etc. I picked them up with my "picker-upper" gadget, put them in a garbage bag, took them far away and burnt the lot. The hardest job was getting rid of the glass bottles. Having a clean vaddo makes everyone happy. Result of my efforts ? My fellow villagers, seeing this bhatkar pick up trash were obviously ashamed and there was a conscious effort to keep their surroundings clean. Now, our local MLA instituted door to door Garbage collection which made my work redundant.The rag pickers roaming the streets picking up plastic items has also been of immense help. It can be done. We have to swallow our pride, have some civic sense, and leading by example people will follow.' Please DO NOT PUBLISH this
